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In a forum post earlier today, principal designer Geoff Goodman announced some minor balance changes that would be added to the Overwatch Player Test Region. These changes included tweaks to Roadhog, Ana, and Sombra. The most major change of the three is a rework of Roadhog’s Chain Hook in line-of-sight situations. The changes make it “easier to hook someone who is …

Blizzard released a new patch on October 11th, 2016. This patch features some small balance changes as well as a new PvE brawl mode and a new Halloween event. The balance changes were small, with slight changes to Ana, Widowmaker and Junkrat. Widowmaker recieved the most controversial change, with an increased speed for her shots to charge up. Widowmaker had …

Blizzard released a new patch this Tuesday. The patch gave small balance changes to two of the heroes changed by last week’s patch. Ana received a small Biotic Rifle buff, increasing her rate of fire and magazine size. The developers wrote, “While Ana has been very well received, she was showing to be a little bit weaker overall. In addition …

Blizzard recently released a new Developer Update video, focusing on the patch that was released this Tuesday. Jeff Kaplan walked through the design of Ana, and then explained the reasons behind each of the balance changes. This video distills many of the discussion points that Jeff Kaplan and the other developers discussed with Ster last week. Kaplan discussed the design …

Today Blizzard released the newest patch for Overwatch, bringing with it the newest hero, Ana- a support sniper with a powerful selection of unique abilities. We at PDQ have already covered Ana, in detail, including our hero guides as well as our Ana first impression post. The new patch also includes changes to the Overtime mechanic, making the fuse “burn down” more quickly after 20 seconds …

Ana is the first new hero added to Overwatch since launch, and she’s pretty sweet. I wanted to spend a little bit of time theory crafting, after playing her on the Player Test Region and watching some streams. Sniper/Healer The first and most unique element of her kit comes from her ability to either deal damage to enemies or heal …

On July 13th, 2016, a group of Blizzard developers hopped into Overwatch to play the new Player Test Region patch with Ster, an Overwatch streamer. In the whole video, which runs almost two hours, the developers discuss different elements of Overwatch, Ana, and the new balance patch. The developers that Ster interviewed are: Tim Ford – lead gameplay programmer for Overwatch, …

Blizzard just released a new online comic for Overwatch. The comic, “Legacy,” follows the playable hero Ana and fleshes out her backstory more than the video Blizzard released on her launch. The comic features Ana when she was an Overwatch agent, and features a younger Soldier: 76 and Widowmaker. Read “Legacy” here.

Blizzard released a pair of videos this morning outlining the backstory and abilities of the new hero Ana. Blizzard had been leaking easter eggs about a new hero for months. Although, most of the information had been linked to a character named Sombra, today we catch a glimpse of another hero being introduced into the game. As it appears, Ana is …

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Today the Overwatch League™ and social video service Twitch announced a historic esports media-rights partnership, ensuring that every match of the world’s first major global city-based esports league will be readily available to fans across the globe. The first match of the Overwatch League’s inaugural season goes live on Twitch this Wednesday, January 10, on […]

Tech leaders HP Inc. and Intel today joined forces with Blizzard Entertainment in major Overwatch League™ sponsorship deals that represent an extended investment in the groundbreaking professional league. For more information, see the full press release.

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